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Des Avis |
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Chuck Barnett |
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Wally Burdette |
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Wally Burdette umpired for better than 20 years and
ended his KBUA membership after the 1994 season. He served as secretary of the
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Mike Chancellor |
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Mike Chancelor was no stranger to high school baseball
when he joined the KBUA. Having been the assistant baseball coach at Trinity
High School from 1981-1988, Mike came over to the good side in 1990. He served
on the KBUA Board of Directors as treasurer and one year as President. But we
couldn’t hold him from his love of coaching and he jumped ship in 1999 to take
over the head coaching duties at Trinity once more. In his 9-year tenure as an
umpire, Mike worked district and regionals every year except his first when he
was ineligible for post-season play. He was also assigned to work the
Semi-State Tournament several years but had to decline due to his summer
teaching duties.
Mike retired from the KBUA but by no means from baseball or
coaching. He currently teaches 6 classes at Trinity and St. Albert as well as
being co-moderator of intramural basketball in the winter, refereeing 55 of the
178 games, and ultimate frisbee in the spring. He fills his summers as Summer
Program coordinator and continues to coach at St. Albert in track, golf and, of
course, baseball. The KBUA lost a good umpire when Mike returned to coaching,
but gained another “Umpire’s Coach”…a guy who’s out there because he loves the
kids.
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Bob Dwyer |
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Bob Dwyer started umpiring in 1967 in Little League
Baseball and joined the KBUA shortly thereafter. He has done both high school
and college baseball (UL, Bellarmine and Hanover) and fast pitch softball, both
at the high school and collegiate levels. Bob has been a member of the KBUA
continuously for 35+ years and has served in numerous positions within the
association. He was elected to the KBUA Hall-of-Fame on July 22, 2002 and was
awarded the 2001 Jim Dwyer Memorial Award for his dedication and love of the
game. Bob worked 30+ High School Districts and 30+ Regional Tournaments, along
with two State Championships in 1987 and 1989, serving as the Umpire in Chief
for the 1987 tournament. Bob was inducted into the Louisville ASA Softball
Hall-of_Fame on March 5, 1994. He is shown below working 1st base for a
Louisville Redbirds game in 1980 at Bellarmine. |
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Jim Dwyer |
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Jim Dwyer began umpiring in 1954, fresh out of high
school, with the old Algonquin Little League. He told a reporter from the
Louisville Times Sports Department that he replaced an umpire who had to leave
and I've been hooked on it ever since," ...baseball was his number
one sport. Jim served as president of the KBUA and was the only remaining
original member still working at the time of his death on September 4, 1996.
Jim umpired a full schedule in the spring of 1996, including district, regional
and semi-state tournaments. He said that he would quit his busy baseball
life, "...whenever they tap me on the face with a shovel." The photo below
shows Jim in a "polite conversation" with a Paintsville coach in the 1988 State
Championship Game. |
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Lou Frankel |
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Lou Frankel started umpiring in 1955, when each umpire
contacted the schools to fill their baseball schedules. Lou was elected the
first President of the KBUA and has worked 16 District Tournaments, 10 Regional
Tournaments and one State Championship, along with numerous University of
Louisville and Bellarmine games. He was elected to the KBUA's Hall of Fame in
1991 and the KHSAA Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame added Lou in the
fall of 2007 to its elite membership. Lou is in semi-retirement, but still
works UofL Intramural Softball games, along with the Synagogue League at the
Jewish Community Center of Louisville. |
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Terry Herbstreith |
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Gary Ingram |
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Gary Ingram umpired high school and college baseball
into the early 1990's and continued to advertise in our pictorial booklet while
running a liquor store on Brownboro Road. Until his death, he could be seen at
all the Louisville Redbirds and Bats games. |
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Ron Jarboe |
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Ron Jarboe umpired in the KBUA for many years
beginning in the 1970's through the late 1990's. The organization has lost
track of him. |
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Jim King |
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Jim King was one of the original members of the KBUA
and umpired high school and college games in the Louisville area for better
than 40 years. Ron and Bob Dwyer umpired the district tournaments at St. Xavier
High School for better than 8 years and were always greeted as they entered the
field with the playing of "Three Blind Mice" by the PA system crew chief, a
former umpire that had worked with both of them. |
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Marty McDermott |
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Marty McDermott began his umpiring career in 1983 as a
volunteer in the Buechel Little League. He became a member of the KBUA in 1984
serving the association for several terms as a board member and rules
instructor. In 1987, Marty began umpiring college baseball working
NAIA and NCAA games and continues to serve the Southeastern Independent
Umpires Association as an umpire evaluator. The KBUA honors his
staus as 'resident rules guru' by presenting the award that
bears his name to any umpire who attains a perfect score on the NFHS
Part II Test . He maintains his wealth of baseball knowledge by attending
numerous rules and umpiring clincs at the local and national level and serving
as an instructor for several umpiring camps in the local area. Marty retired as
an Assistant Chief of Police from the Louisville Police Department in
1999....and, "No", Keith, he can't do anything about all those parking
tickets you racked up. |
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Pete Mattingly |
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Pete Mattingly was the first Assigning Secretary of
the KBUA and in that role did very little high school umpiring from that time
on. In all the years since the KBUA began there have only been three Assigning
Secretaries. |
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Ronnie Sanford |
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Ronnie Sanford umpired high school baseball with the
KBUA in the 70's & 80's. Ronnie worked several post-season tournament games
including districts and regionals and was active within the association holding
the position of Umpire-in-Chief for several years. He retired from the KBUA in
1991. |
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Felix Wingfield |
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Felix Wingfield was an original member of the KBUA and
served the organization as Umpire-in-Chief for better than 20 years. He can be
seen below with Bob Dwyer and Ron Jarboe working the plate during the Regional
Tournament game between Bishop David and P.R.P. on May 18, 1977...and, "Yes",
that's Mac! |
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